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Feel the Heat: Uncomfortably Hot and Sweaty Films

July 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Wipe the sweat from your brow and wring out your sodden shirt with these ten uncomfortably hot and sweaty films… I’m sitting here typing in the middle of a rare UK heatwave. We’re a nation more accustomed to four seasons in one day, who prefer to prepare for the cold with carpets and adequate heating, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Angel Heart, Barton Fink, Body Heat, Do the Right Thing, Dog Day Afternoon, the surfer, Wake In Fright, woman in the dunes

Incredible 21st Century Films You May Have Missed

July 23, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Keeping things post-millennium, here are 18 incredible movies from the 21st century that may have flown under your radar… The New York Times recently ran an opinion poll from both 500 industry folk and its readers to compile a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century. Among those listed are a number […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: A Fantastic Woman, a girl walks home alone at night, A Quiet Girl, A White White Day, Boy, Burning, frailty, Holy Spider, Joyland, La Chimera, Long Day's Journey Into Night, loveless, Parasite, Personal Shopper, Shiva Baby, Super Happy Forever, Teachers lounge, The Piano Teacher

Inception at 15: The Story Behind Christopher Nolan’s Mind-Melding Sci-Fi Actioner

July 17, 2025 by admin

As the film celebrates its 15th anniversary, Flickering Myth’s Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Christopher Nolan’s Inception… Over the years Christopher Nolan has cemented his name in the industry as an auteur filmmaker whose efforts have mesmerized audiences the world over with their inventive storytelling, dazzling visuals and epic scale. Inception can truly […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Elliot Page, inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, Tom Hardy

Crazy Cult 90s Horror Movies You May Have Missed

July 10, 2025 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at a selection of forgotten cult horrors from the 1990s that are well worth a watch… We all know Scream, Candyman, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. These horror films, which emerged between 1990 and 1999, changed the genre landscape and gave us quite a few thrills and chills. But […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Audition, frankenhooker, Night of the Living Dead, Perfect Blue, Return of the Living Dead 3, Stigmata, tales from the hood, The Resurrected

The Rise of Paul Thomas Anderson: A Living Legend

July 4, 2025 by admin

Ahead of One Battle After Another, Simon Thompson takes a deep dive into the rise of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson… Paul Thomas Anderson is a filmmaker with a career that feels like a study in irony. He’s an arthouse filmmaker, but possesses Hollywood insider status, seemingly able to tell his stories even in the most […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Simon Thompson, Top Stories Tagged With: Boogie Nights, Cigarettes and Coffee, Hard Eight, Inherent Vice, Liquorice Pizza, Magnolia, One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, Punch Drunk Love, The Master, There Will be Blood

8 Great Recent Films You Really Need To See

July 7, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe shines a light on eight recent movies that are well worth adding to your watch list… You took the kids to shout “Chicken Jockey” and trash screen one at your local multiplex. Maybe you took them to see Lilo & Stitch. A week after release and with great word of mouth, you went […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bound, bring them down, Cloud, Crossing, On Falling, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Girl with the Needle, The Last Showgirl

Can Edgar Wright conquer America with The Running Man?

July 6, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on The Running Man, and whether it will be the film to finally see Edgar Wright breaking America… Much like Oasis and Robbie Williams, Edgar Wright’s attempts to translate UK status and acclaim to the glitzy world of the US industry haven’t gone entirely to plan. He’s certainly got more name recognition than […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Last Night in Soho, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Stephen King, The Running Man

Back to the Future at 40: The Story Behind the Pop Culture Touchstone

July 3, 2025 by admin

Forty years on from its release, we look at the story behind Back to the Future… Back to the Future is a movie that captured the hearts and minds of viewers the world over with its unique blend of humor, action and adventure coupled with inventive storytelling and memorable performances. All in all, Back to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Back to the Future, Bob Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, michael j.fox, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Wilson

Whatever Happened to the Horror Icon?

July 4, 2025 by EJ Moreno

Where Have All the Boogeymen Gone? The Rise and Fall of the Horror Icon… There was a time when Freddy Krueger could outshine Batman on a Halloween aisle. Jason Voorhees sat comfortably on talk show couches. Chucky wasn’t just a killer doll; he was a walking, talking merchandise machine. These characters weren’t just villains, they […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Featured, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Art the Clown, Child's Play, Chucky, Freddy Krueger, Friday the 13th, halloween, It, Jason Voorhees, M3GAN, michael meyers, Nosferatu, Saw, Scream, Stranger Things, TERRIFIER, The Conjuring, The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Trick 'r Treat

The Must-See Movies of 2015

June 1, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a look at the cinematic offerings of 2015 with ten must-see modern classics from ten years ago…  The last few years have seen a nice upswing in the amount of creatively ambitious and interesting auteur indie films. Sure, the tentpole market has been a tad dour, but the rise of enthralling indie cinema […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Bone Tomahawk, Green Room, Mad Max: Fury Road, Our Little Sister, Sicario, Tangerine, the gift, the lobster, The Survivalist, the witch

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